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Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:53 pm
by Switcher
[youtube]8z625kBB76Q[/youtube]
Commenced 16 Feb 14

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:49 am
by longlance67
will be watching this one mate


Shane

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:58 pm
by khimbar
I'll be watching this closely as I just got this kit yesterday!

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:54 pm
by Switcher
You will be pleased with it, I am :) Simple and relatively easy build, fir is excellent to date. A progress video is rendering on Youtube as we speak. I believe you made as fine choice. Looking forward to your build :cheers2:

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:43 pm
by Switcher
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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:45 pm
by khimbar
Switcher wrote:You will be pleased with it, I am :) Simple and relatively easy build, fir is excellent to date. A progress video is rendering on Youtube as we speak. I believe you made as fine choice. Looking forward to your build :cheers2:
I'm not sure if I'll post it up here, as I've never built any armour and have a queue to do. I'm nowhere near good enough to show anything I make.

Maybe I should? Be a few months away which gives me time to follow and copy yours I guess.

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:40 pm
by Switcher
khimbar wrote:
Switcher wrote:You will be pleased with it, I am :) Simple and relatively easy build, fir is excellent to date. A progress video is rendering on Youtube as we speak. I believe you made as fine choice. Looking forward to your build :cheers2:
I'm not sure if I'll post it up here, as I've never built any armour and have a queue to do. I'm nowhere near good enough to show anything I make.

Maybe I should? Be a few months away which gives me time to follow and copy yours I guess.
Don't fret good buddy. I have only been at this for 4 months after absence of over 38 yrs. It's like riding a bike, not :)

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:24 pm
by Switcher
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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:29 pm
by Switcher
Completed and primed.

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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:51 pm
by Switcher
base paint applied...

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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:52 pm
by Switcher
detail painting complete

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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:54 pm
by Switcher
primary chipping complete

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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:43 pm
by Switcher
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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:03 am
by Switcher
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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:37 am
by coladito1
Great work there!! I'm going to subscribe as soon as i get back from work.

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:19 am
by Switcher
Thank you Luis. I accidentally called you Carlos on one of my vids wrt using spotting putty vice tamiya putty.

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:51 pm
by Switcher
a teaser before the final reveal :)

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Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:23 pm
by khimbar
I'm gonna sit and watch all these tomorrow, then in a few weeks start building mine!

:)

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:37 pm
by Switcher
It was a fun build with only minor fit issues, and I mean minor :) Can't wait to see you start yours :)

Re: Tamiya 1/35 IDF Merkava build

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:27 am
by Switcher
For all you folks that were waiting in the isles for a reveal, here it is.

Everything demonstrated here has never been attempted before. All things considered I am proud of my accomplishments and know some of my mistakes. I welcome all feed back on this subject, because without feed back, we can never advance. Enjoy!

[youtube]8Y8AXZftKx4[/youtube]